If you check around you will fine a lot of tire dealers are doing the buy 4 get one free (after mail in rebate in most cases) Pep Boys is and I have seen some signs for other tire stores in the Vegas area but most sales are nation wide on major companies.

 

BFGs.....
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i will be deffinately shopping around once i figure out what i want. the only thing is we don't have any large tire retailors in this area. i live in a very small area and i don't wanna drive 1 hour to 2 hours one way just to save a lil bit. there are some smaller tire dealers around here and i will see what they have to offer and plus see what the internet has to offer. i read up on the bfg's all terrain. it looks like it is a great snow tire which is what i want but what about gravel roads. does it throw rocks like crazy like the stockers i have and how bout the mud. i never take my truck in the mud but it is nice to know i have the capability too when the time's arrise. (deer season) thats one thing i liked about the hankook's was that it said they threw the rocks off to the side so i splatter other vehicles i meet not my own i used to put chaparrael hankook's on my 98 ford i used to have and they seemed to be good tires but they didn't seem to wear very well.

 

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Consider looking at Toyo Open Country tires. The A/T version gives great traction, are rugged looking, and quiet on the road. The M/T tires are more aggressive, yet still quiet on the highway given the tread design.

I replaced Toyo A/Ts with Toyo M/Ts about five months ago on our F-350 SuperDuty, but when I need tires for the F-150, they will be A/Ts.

 

I've been waiting for two years for Michelin to come out with a tire for our trucks. I have the goodyear 18s on my 05 FX4. I am looking forward to getting the new LTX AT2. Like you, I spend most of my time on the highway (towing) so I want a quiet tire with decent on/off road perf. From what I've read, this tire is it.

 

well i been doing alot of reading still and just checking out tread patterns. i do like the bfg tires. i gotta admit the ones on my truck even though i don't like them they lasted a long time and ppl have been bragging on different sites how long they last. the bfg all terrain t/a ko looks like a good sensible tire. also i couldn't help but check out the mud terrain t/a km. i dunno if they make that close to a stock size for my truck though. like mystic says he likes and wants a good highway tire cause he spends most of his time on the highway pulling which is great for his application. i live in extreme northern mn where we get alot of snow and storms and then in the summer we got lots of mud and gravel roads so while 60 percent of my driving is on the highway i need something that works well for all the other conditions.

 

well i been doing alot of reading still and just checking out tread patterns. i do like the bfg tires. i gotta admit the ones on my truck even though i don't like them they lasted a long time and ppl have been bragging on different sites how long they last. the bfg all terrain t/a ko looks like a good sensible tire. also i couldn't help but check out the mud terrain t/a km. i dunno if they make that close to a stock size for my truck though. like mystic says he likes and wants a good highway tire cause he spends most of his time on the highway pulling which is great for his application. i live in extreme northern mn where we get alot of snow and storms and then in the summer we got lots of mud and gravel roads so while 60 percent of my driving is on the highway i need something that works well for all the other conditions.

 

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10 ply? Are you sure? Man, they must ride like the Flintstones car till they get some heat in them!

 

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Not really I'm only Running 45 PSI in them. They ain't soft tho for sure.

 

Actually I ran the BFG AT's on my red 04 when I first got it. They truly are an excellent tire for snow and ice, quiet on the highway and sort of okay in mud. Where they didn't work for me was on the amount of rock and gravel I encountered. They are fairly soft and chew pretty easily on gravel. I saw a set on an oilfield truck once that were a couple of months old and they were gravel chewed like you would not believe.

You will need to go to a slightly bigger tire since they are only made in 285/65-18. There have also been times when they were in short supply.

 

they are E load Range tires 10 ply I believe ]



10 ply? Are you sure? Man, they must ride like the Flintstones car till they get some heat in them![/QUOTE] No

No such thing as an actual 10 ply Light Truck tire these days. That reference is just a throw back one to the old bias ply days.

A tech from Toyo told me once that the only difference between C,D and E rated tires is in the strength of the bead area which allows for more air pressure and thereby greater load capacity.

All these tires will have 2 or maybe 3 ply sidewalls with 4 or 5 plies in the tread area.

 

yokohama geolander at-s very get tire and well priced

 

I am running the 285/75R/18 Goodyear Silent Armour on my truck. I have the e rates because of heavy towing and load consideration. They ride a bit more harsh than stock tires, but I love them in snow. I am moving to Reno,NV. where there can and is snow now. I been up to two ski resorts where there was a lot of snow, and this tire works great. Only problem is they were a bugger to balance. I think it was the tire techs more than the tires though. Finally got a good balance after threatening the service manager with loss of his first born.

 

Here's TireRack's info on this topic. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=55

FWIW, I run E range Wranger ATS's on my 07 and the ride's not harsh at all. Ya, they are overkill for our trucks but offer a little more peice of mind when running a heavier load. To the guy looking for tires, DO NOT BUY GOODYEAR WRANGLER ATS, from what I hear the new Silent Armour's are lightyears better then these old tires. The ATS's have many tread blocks that are only partial depth (the don't go all the way down to the wear bars like the rest of the blocks) so if you live where it snows, you loose a majority of your bitting edges and the tires become worthless, in the snow.

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